COPYRIGHT POLICY

LAST UPDATED: March 1, 2023

 

REPORTING CLAIMS OF COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT 

Expo Pass, LLC  (“we” or “our”) takes claims of copyright infringement seriously. We will respond to notices of alleged copyright infringement that comply with applicable law. If you believe any materials accessible on or from our website available at http://expopass.io (the “Website”) infringe your copyright, you may request removal of those materials (or access to them) from the Website by submitting written notification to our Copyright Agent (designated below). In accordance with the Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. § 512) (“DMCA”), the written notice (the “DMCA Notice”) must include substantially the following:

  • Your physical or electronic signature.
  • Identification of the copyrighted work you believe to have been infringed or, if the claim involves multiple works on the Website, a representative list of such works.
  • Identification of the material you believe to be infringing in a sufficiently precise manner to allow us to locate that material.
  • Adequate information by which we can contact you (including your name, postal address, telephone number, and, if available, email address).
  • A statement that you have a good faith belief that use of the copyrighted material is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
  • A statement that the information in the written notice is accurate.
  • A statement, under penalty of perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner.

Our designated Copyright Agent to receive DMCA Notices is:

Expo Pass, LLC DCMA Agent Department

20 N. Upper Wacker Dr. Ste. 1200

Chicago, IL 60606

 

Telephone Number: 1 (312) 585-7582

Email Address: support@expopass.io

If you fail to comply with all of the requirements of Section 512(c)(3) of the DMCA, your DMCA Notice may not be effective.  Please also be aware that if you knowingly materially misrepresent that material or activity on the Website is infringing your copyright, you may be held liable for damages (including costs and attorneys’ fees) under Section 512(f) of the DMCA.

 

COUNTER-NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES

If you believe that material you posted on the Website was removed or access to it was disabled by mistake or misidentification, you may file a counter-notification with us (a “Counter-Notice”) by submitting written notification to our copyright agent (identified below). Pursuant to the DMCA, the Counter-Notice must include substantially the following:

  • Your physical or electronic signature.
  • An identification of the material that has been removed or to which access has been disabled and the location at which the material appeared before it was removed or access disabled.
  • Adequate information by which we can contact you (including your name, postal address, telephone number, and, if available, email address).
  • A statement under penalty of perjury by you that you have a good faith belief that the material identified above was removed or disabled as a result of a mistake or misidentification of the material to be removed or disabled.
  • A statement that you will consent to the jurisdiction of the Federal District Court for the judicial district in which your address is located (or if you reside outside the United States for any judicial district in which the Website may be found) and that you will accept service from the person (or an agent of that person) who provided the Website with the complaint at issue.

Completed Counter-Notices should be sent to:

Expo Pass, LLC DCMA Agent Department

20 N. Upper Wacker Dr. Ste. 1200

Chicago, IL 60606

 

Telephone Number: 1 (312) 585-7582

Email Address: support@expopass.io

The DMCA allows us to restore the removed content if the party filing the original DMCA Notice does not file a court action against you within ten business days of receiving the copy of your Counter-Notice.

Please be aware that if you knowingly materially misrepresent that material or activity on the Website was removed or disabled by mistake or misidentification, you may be held liable for damages (including costs and attorneys’ fees) under Section 512(f) of the DMCA.

 

REPEAT INFRINGERS

It is our policy in appropriate circumstances to disable and/or terminate the accounts of users who are repeat infringers.

REORGANIZATION; TRANSFER OF AGREEMENTS AND POLICIES; RESTATEMENT AND APPLICATION OF TERMS OF USE AND POLICIES

1.                   Reorganization. On March 1, 2023, Expo, Inc., the 100% owner of Expo Pass, LLC, underwent an internal reorganization pursuant to which Expo, Inc. transferred and assigned to Expo Pass, LLC, and Expo Pass, LLC assumed, the Services, the Website, the App, and Expo, Inc.’s business relating thereto, and Expo Pass, LLC now operates the Services, the Website, and the App, and the business relating thereto, as assignee and successor-in-interest to Expo, Inc.   Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in our Terms of Use (available at https://www.expopass.com/terms-of-use/).

2.                   Transfer of Agreements and Policies.  In connection with this reorganization, on March 1, 2023, Expo, Inc. transferred and assigned to, and Expo Pass, LLC assumed, all Service Agreements, Renewal Agreements, Equipment Rental Agreements, Merchant Agreements, Mobile Application End User License Agreements, and all other agreements relating to the Services, the Website, the App, or other services or goods relating thereto, with Expo, Inc.’s Organizers, Exhibitors, Attendees and users and parties, and all of Expo, Inc.’s rights and obligations under Expo, Inc.’s (i) Terms of Use (available prior to March 1, 2023 at https://www.expopass.com/terms-of-use/) (the “Prior Terms of Use”), (ii) Privacy Policy (available prior to March 1, 2023 at https://www.expopass.com/privacy-policy) (the “Prior Privacy Policy”), (iii) Cookie Policy (available prior to March 1, 2023 at https://www.expopass.com/cookie-policy/) (the “Prior Cookie Policy”), (iv) Copyright Policy (available prior to March 1, 2023 at https://www.expopass.com/copyright-policy/) (the “Prior Copyright Policy”); and (v) Terms of Sale of Goods (available prior to March 1, 2023 at https://www.expopass.com/terms-of-sale) (the “Prior Terms of Sale of Goods”).

(a)      Restatement of Copyright Policy.  In connection with this reorganization, and these transfers, assignments, and assumptions, the Prior Copyright Policy is amended and restated in its entirety by this Copyright Policy.

(b)      Agreements Entered Into Prior to March 1, 2023.  If you entered into a Service Agreement, Renewal Agreement, Equipment Rental Agreement, Merchant Agreement, Mobile Application End User License Agreement, or other agreement relating to the Services, the Website, the App, or other services or goods relating thereto, with Expo, Inc. prior to March 1, 2023, then:

(i)           Expo Pass, LLC is now party to that agreement as Expo, Inc.’s assignee and successor-in-interest (and Expo, Inc. is no longer a party to that agreement); and

(ii)         your agreement, the Services, and your access, use, leasing or purchase (as applicable) of the Services, Website, the App, or other services or goods (including badge shells, printers or other rental equipment) relating thereto, is subject to this Copyright Policy.

(c)       Agreements Entered Into On or After March 1, 2023.

(i)           Due to certain logistical and timing issues relating to the reorganization, some Service Agreements, Renewal Agreements, Equipment Rental Agreements, Merchant Agreements, Mobile Application End User License Agreements, or other agreements relating to the Services, the Website, the App, or other services or goods relating thereto, were entered into on or after March 1, 2023 read to be between “Expo, Inc.” and the applicable Organizer, Exhibitor, Attendee, user or other party.  All such agreements will be transferred and assigned to Expo Pass, LLC, as Expo, Inc.’s assignee and successor-in-interest.

(ii)         If you entered into a Service Agreement, Renewal Agreement, Equipment Rental Agreement, Merchant Agreement, Mobile Application End User License Agreement, or other agreement relating to the Services, the Website, the App, or other services or goods relating thereto, with Expo, Inc. on or after March 1, 2023, then:

(A)               your agreement, the Services, and your use of the Services, the Website, the App, or other services or goods (including badge shells, printers or other rental equipment) relating thereto (as applicable), shall be subject to this Copyright Policy.

(B)               until your agreement is transferred and assigned to Expo Pass, LLC, the terms “Company”, “Expo”, “us,” “we” or “our”, as used in this Copyright Policy shall be deemed to mean “Expo, Inc.” mutatis mutandis; and

(C)               after your agreement is transferred to Expo Pass, LLC, the terms  “Company”, “Expo”, “us,” “we” or “our”, as used in this Copyright Policy, shall be deemed to mean “Expo Pass, LLC, as assignee and successor-in-interest to Expo, Inc.” mutatis mutandis.

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